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Branden GRACE

South Africa

Winner of all his five games in the 2015 Presidents Cup match in South Korea, four of them with compatriot Louis Oosthuizen as his partner - and that after losing four out of four on his debut two years earlier.

Is a seven-time European Tour winner and also a joint holder of the lowest-ever round on the circuit, his 12 under par 60 at Kingsbarns coming during his 2012 victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

That was his fifth success of that season – an astonishing achievement given that he ended the previous year at the Tour’s qualifying school and stood 271st in the world. He has since reached the top 10 and has posted top five finishes in the last two US Opens and last two PGA Championships.

Lost a play-off to Phil Mickelson for the 2013 AAM Scottish Open at Castle Stuart, but then lifted the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters two years running and last season fired a closing 66 for his first PGA Tour success at the RBC Heritage, where he beat Luke Donald and Russell Knox by two. He was third behind Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett on the 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai money list.

Key Info

Age:

29

Turned pro:

2007

Previous Opens:

7

Top finish:

T6th(2017)

Qualified / Exempt:

4, 5

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Exemptions

4The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2017.5First 30 in the Race to Dubai Rankings for 2016.